none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.